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DRUMMING COURSE BY
MASSIMO AIELLO
(Thanks
to Alberto and Lorenzo Madini for this translation)
The
primary aim of the course is to deepen and improve the techniques and the base
concepts of various themes of the drums world.
TEACHING PROGRAM
(Last
update: October 9th 2011 - See "
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Speech and preliminary audition also to verify the discipline knowledge level.
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Teaching
Program’s topics are under International Copyright because they are integrant part of the
Book-Method
“METODO COMPLETO PER BATTERIA” * ("COMPLETE RDUM METHOD") Copyright & Printed 2006 by Massimo Aiello |
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*** SETTING *** MOVEMENT CONCEPT FOR
THE SOUND and related exercises among
which: *** BETWEEN
ONOMATOPOEIDICY AND CANTABILITY IN
RUDIMENTS AND GENERALLY RHYTMIC FIGURATIONS and
related exercises among which:
*** MOVEMENT
CONCEPT FOR ACCENTS EXECUTION and
related exercises among which: ....+ some VIDEOS (10) *** ACCIACCATURAS *** ROLLS |
SETTING ON PEDALS JAZZ INDEPENDENCE ***
*** *** SOUND PHILOSOPHIES OF CRASH CYMBAL AND SIMILARS *** *** *** *** |
PRESENTATION
The Course
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Technical, Philosophical, Practical,
etc. explanation of the Course.
INTRODUCTION
Time – Sound –
Accuracy
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Using
or not the Metronome during the study and the music playing
- Introduction to the Diaphragmatic Breathing and its great use importance playing music and/or in the music in general.
UPPER LIMBS STUDY
SETTING
Timbalistic/Rock and/or Classic/Jazz
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Sticks handling
-
pressures of each finger on the stick
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Early movements to align and equilibrate wrists,
fingers and arms
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Some light physical exercises useful for wrists,
for the unloading of the weight from upper limbs to sticks, for the approach to
the psychophysical agility and/or slowness of study and movements (these
concepts are also valid for the lower limbs)
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Correct posture on seat, pedals and instrument
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Basic notions on solid bodies’ resonance physics to comprehend and
control sound as well as possible
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Hands and arms settings and
related basic exercises
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“Standard fulcrum” study
MOVEMENT CONCEPT FOR THE SOUND
and related exercises among which:
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Hands “free fall ” concept
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Hands “speedy raising” concept
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Alternate hands “fall and raising” (mode 1)
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Alternate hands “fall and raising” (mode 2)
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“Condition” concept for studying
the wrist mechanical impulse from his natural equilibrium point
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“Wide
condition” concept for the wrists controlled impulse
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“First
played mode” concept (from the soldiers on horse drum movement…)
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Hands and arms muscles and basic general control (TIME – SOUND – ACCURACY –
FINGERING etc.) development, with the relatives’ techniques
for the two principals settings, among which:
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wristed
-
fingered
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rebounded with fingers control
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fingers opening/closing and hand movement, with or not further forearm
movement
-
with thumb opening/closing
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Standard
Mode
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Complete
Standard Mode
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Elevated Standard Mode
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Finger Control
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thumb Finger Control
-
etc ...
BETWEEN ONOMATOPOEIDICY AND
CANTABILITY
IN RUDIMENTS AND GENERALLY RHYTMIC FIGURATIONS
and
related exercises among which:
Two sounds
concept
and related
exercises
Binding of two and more strokes concept
and related exercises
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Music forms / Music DNA etc…
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Concept
and setting of a Joe Morello (mixed mode 2) international exercise,
very useful for control and sound in the various performance speeds
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Study
of some basic dynamics
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Shifts
and basic interpretations on drum
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Explanation,
study, application and dialogues on some other kinds of systems and concepts on
setting, fulcra, etc…
Concepts and theories on dynamics in the music
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Relativity
of volumes
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Dynamics
exercises among which:
-
Relativity
and importance of the “gesture” to control volume and timbre colour
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Relativity
and importance of handling pressure to control volume and timbre colour
Explanation, study, application and dialogues on some other kinds of systems and concepts on music dynamics
MOVEMENT CONCEPT
FOR ACCENTS EXECUTION
and related exercises among which:
....+ some VIDEOS (10)
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on the
two fundamental types of Accents:
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“Normal
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“Sharp
and Strong”
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on the
“Portamento Accent “ (by Massimo Aiello)
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difference
between Accents (3 types) and not accent strokes...
Evolution of a vertically thrown object
-
basic
notions on solid bodies movements physics in the air to better comprehend limbs
and solid bodies themselves evolution and to control as well as possible TIME – SOUND – ACCURACY – FINGERING etc…
-
various
concepts and “expedients” for the study, useful to address and proceed in the
best way to learn and develop the accents movements (necessary to be able to
play quite fluidly and having a good result) among which:
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“Arm
free fall “ concept
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Acceleration
and return evolution control of a vertically thrown object
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“Arm
free but controlled fall with open hand “ concept with:
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Followed/accompanied
sheet of paper
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Whip-like
movement
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…water
on finger-tips…
·
Etc…
Study (in case) of the various difficulty steps
to execute the accents; in order
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TYPE 1: hand accent with rapid return to +/- 90° up
and not (with and without preparation stroke)
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TYPE 2: hand and forearm accent blocking the hand at
“Condition” and not (with and without preparation stroke)
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TYPE 3*: hand and forearm accent, with or without
blocks (with and without preparation stroke)
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TYPE 4*: hand, forearm and arm accent, with study on
complete evolution with or without blocks
*
Points 3 and 4 include also accurate study and application of high level
exercises and concept from Enrico
Lucchini’s
method.
Study of the speed development of movements
with all the case’s shrewdnesses
The study of the MOVEMENT CONCEPT FOR ACCENTS EXECUTION can be recapitulated as follows:
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Explanation
of the For types of stroke, or better basic movements typologies on themselves:
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Accented down stroke
(In
English on the international didactics: Downstroke)
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Not accented downstroke
(In
English on the international didactics: Tapstroke)
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Accent’s preparation stroke
(In
English on the international didactics: Upstroke)
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Accented stroke with reload for another accent
(In
English on the international didactics: Fullstroke)
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Proposal
of for types of movement and/or themselves evolutions:
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TYPE 1: hand
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TYPE 2: hand (or wrist) and forearm
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TYPE 3: hand, forearm and shoulder, with short limb movement
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TYPE 4: hand, forearm and shoulder, with wide limb movement
ACCIACCATURAS
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Study
of simple (flams) and double (drags) acciaccaturas and related exercises on:
Acciaccaturas and runs
Accents
and not
Onomatopoeic cantability
Application on some basic
international exercises, or snare-drum-only tunes
Explanation, study, application and
dialogues on some other kinds of systems and concepts for executing
acciaccaturas.
ROLLS
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Study
of numbered strokes rolls (mainly
used)
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Some
interpretations on rolls with:
- accento (sul primo colpo e non…)
- “accento di portamento” (sull’ultimo colpo e non…)
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Accent
(on the first stroke and not)
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“Portamento accent” (on the last stroke
and not…)
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From binary
to ternary (square, round…)
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Wide
and narrow “pressed” mode
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“Smeared”
mode
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Simple acciaccatura (flam)
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Double acciaccatura (drag)
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Various
dynamics
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…briefly: “shifts” of rolls inside the bar (unusual writing)
Explanation, study, application and dialogues on some other kinds of concepts on rolls.
LOWER LIMBS STUDY
SETTING ON
PEDALS
(The concepts of light physical
exercises for the upper limbs are also valid…)
Bass-drum
And related exercises among which:
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Plant System
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Heel concept and basic exercises to study this
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Principal Fulcrum among
which:
·
Elliptical Zone concept
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Going concept
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Return concept
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Going and return concept
·
Weight on hammer concept
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Tip System:
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Tip concept and basic exercises to study this
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fulcrum among which:
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Pedal’s barycentre concept
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Fulcrum at heel concept (raised little and/or much)
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Leg System:
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Fulcrum at thigh concept, very useful for high and very high volumes
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dynamics
Explanation, study, application and dialogues on some other kinds of settings and concepts for foot, pedal and bass-drum.
Hi-hat
and related exercises among with:
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Plant System:
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Tip concept with leaned heel used as fulcrum at return and basic exercises to study
this condition among which:
·
“Passive Fulcrum” concept
·
“Median Pin” concept
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Concepts on sharp stroke
·
Concepts on closed soft stroke
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Concepts on open stroke (little and/or much open)
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Tip System:
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Tip concept with little and/or much raised heel and basic exercises to study this
condition among which:
·
Same
concepts as with leaned heel
·
Concept of alternate opening/closure only with foot (not heel-tip)
·
dynamics
Explanation, study, application and
dialogues on some other kinds of settings and concepts for hi-hat.
Double bass-drum or double pedal
All the indication about setting of “Foot,
pedal and bass-drum” are valid also for “Double bass-drum or double pedal”, and
also:
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Standard
concepts for study and application of this condition
- Some exercises to develop the basic technique.
INDEPENDENCE
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Difference between Coordination and Independence
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Differentiation of the various conceptions and levels of the Independence
Hands
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“physical” and “conceptual” setting on the drum
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Application
of some concepts and study systems on upper limbs in the basic exercises
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Study
of “interval
of weights” between hands on the basic exercises
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Concepts
and systems to increase performance speed
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Concepts
and systems to reaching “independence of execution” and
related exercises among which the ones with:
- Accents
- “Portamento accents”
-
different
sound’s weights and colours
-
dynamics
Explanation, study, application and
dialogues on some other kinds of concepts and systems on hands independence and
coordination.
All the four limbs
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“physical” and “conceptual” setting on drum
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Application
of some concepts and study systems on lower limbs with upper limbs
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Study
of “interval
of weights” between the four limbs on the basic exercises
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Concepts and systems to increase performance speed
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Concepts
and systems to reach “Independence
of execution” and related exercises among which the ones with:
- Accents
- “Portamento accents”
- different sound’s weights and colours
- dynamics
Explanation, study, application and dialogues
on some other kinds of concepts and systems on limbs independence and
coordination.
JAZZ INDEPENDENCE
Cymbal and cymbal + hi-hat
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Basic “physical” and “conceptual” setting and posture on ride cymbal
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Basic
exercises also with application of some concepts and systems of upper limbs
study
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Basic synchronization of cymbal + hi-hat
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Study
of basic rhythmic figurations of SWING with
various exercises among which:
- Basic rhythmic schemes
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NEW CANTABILITY FOR SWING
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“Movement for the swing”
concept
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“Movement for accents” concept, applied to “movement for the swing”
concept
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Dynamics of the various strokes inside the schemes
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Some postures
to develop
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“Singing” of cymbal…
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“sound” of wrist…
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Basic
hi-hat insertion
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Other
fulcra and movements for swing cymbal
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Study
on various dynamics of swing strokes
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Study
on rising the speed of basic swing execution with some
tricks
Explanation, study, application and dialogues
on some other kinds of systems and concepts for cymbal, cymbal + hi-hat and swing
study.
Cymbal, hi-hat and snare drum
Various exercises among which:
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Introduction
of rhythmic figures also with accent on snare drum and some “constants”
on cymbal
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Didactic solos and not, with various kinds of subdivision
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Study
of various dynamics and sonorities on the same rhythm
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Rising
of the execution speed
Explanation, study, application and
dialogues on some other kinds of systems and concepts on this topic.
Cymbal, hi-hat, snare
drum and bass drum
Various exercises among which:
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Introduction
of rhythmic figures also with accent on snare drum and on bass drum with
various “constants” on cymbal
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Didactic solos and not, on various kinds of subdivisions also for hi-hat
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Study
of various dynamics and sonority on the same rhythm
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Introduction
of simple (flams) and double (drags) acciaccaturas, “pressed” rolls, etc…
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Rising
the execution speed
All the jazz independence includes
also precise study and application of exercises and concepts of Enrico
Lucchini’s method among with:
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Classic movements on basic rhythmic figurations and not, to develop phrasing on drum
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Etc…
Explanation, study, application and dialogues on some other kinds of systems and concepts on this topic.
BRUSHES
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Handling
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Fulcra position
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Basic concepts
Explanation, study, application and dialogues on some other kinds of systems and concepts on this topic.
RHYTHMS AND STYLES
Study of basic rhythms and independence
on various styles among which:
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Rock
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Funky
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Funky-rock
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Jazz-rock
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Latin
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Latin-jazz
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Afro-jazz
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Pop
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Concepts and sonorities for rhythms in dance orchestra
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Various
more…
Explanation, study, application and dialogues on some other kinds of concepts and rhythms interpretations in music.
SOUND PHILOSOPHIES OF CRASH CYMBAL AND SIMILARS
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Explanation,
study, application and dialogues on these topics with various concepts, systems
and interpretations on the various cymbals
- Are also avail some discussions’ points on VARIOUS TOPICS.
WARM-UP EXERCISES
- some limbs’s warm-up exercises
- some hands’s warm-up exercises
Explanation, study, application and dialogues on some other kinds of systems and concepts on this topic.
RHYTHMIC SOLFEGGIO
-
Elementary
notions of music theory
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International classic movements for solfeggio and related exercises among which:
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Using
or not the Metronome in the solfeggio and various utilization ways
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Hand setting
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Schemes
of scholastic movements and not
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Movements schemes interpretation in the various tempos
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Study
of diaphragmatic
(and not) respiration and application into solfeggio
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“Incorporation” of rhythmic subdivision
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Rhythmic subdivisions’ interpretations also on drum
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Application
and interpretation of rhythmic solfeggio on drum
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Rhythmic dictation
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General
coordination of all the above mentioned points and various kinds of exercises
to apply this general control
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Introduction
(in case) to spoken solfeggio (with notes)
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Rhythmic interpretations on melodies…
Explanation, study, application and dialogues on some other kinds of concepts, systems and interpretations on rhythmic solfeggio and/or scores.
VARIOUS TOPICS
(see too Book-Method - First & Second Parts)
- What is the Groove? ....from
the stage by M. Aiello
- Rhythm Psychology (from Massimo Aiello stage)
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Rhythmic ensemble for the interpretation of rhythm subdivision
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Music ensemble for the interpretation of rhythm subdivision (on rhythm, melody and
harmony)
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Music listening guide prevalently for the interpretation
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Music contemplation… in the silent, in the study and the music playing
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Development
of
representation’s capacity, of music temperament especially, etc….
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Discussions
and valuations of the existing (or not) didactic organizations in the music
schools and/or in the individual courses generally
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Music conscience of the student and/or the musician
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Structure identity of the music
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“Music forms” and/or “DNA of music forms”
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Ethic: discussions on the importance of personal
ethic-musical choice (authentic and directed to a continuous cultural and
social exchange) either in the study or in the way to do music, necessary to a
360° wide-open soul and to be able to grasp and exchange the most sounds’
“musical things” (and not only)…
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Volumes and sound colours’ medley into the various contests related to the drum
kind, the ambient, the amplification (existent or not) etc… with explanation,
study, application and dialogues on various concepts, systems and
interpretations on these topics
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Studio recording: explanation, study, application and dialogues on various concepts,
systems and interpretations
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The music
chamber bands, the folk chamber bands, the marching band and
similar
in
- mentions about marching
- Colors effects (real or imaginary lights on ....) playing and / or listening to music
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What / how many colors
and on what songs ....?
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Various
more….
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METHODS
Massimo
Aiello:
METODO
COMPLETO
(COMPLETE DRUM METHOD)
Copyright & Printed 2006 by Massimo Aiello
Italian Exclusive Distributor
Here: some extracts & all details
For Orders Method (for shops and private)
(Over 260 pages)
(Some translations are coming soon....)
CD
HOMAGE ANNEX TO THE METHOD:
soloist
CD
"TRIBUTE
TO BEETHOVEN - Drum in the Symphony no.9"
abstract
from the
homonym
show.
Music magazine reviews from the world of CD "TRIBUTE TO BEETHOVEN-Drum in the Symphony no.9"
Radios & TVs inthe world for the CD Tribute to Beethoven
CD shops in the world for the orders the CD "TRIBUTE TO BEETHOVEN-Drum in the Symphony no.9"
(listen some mp3)
ALSO REVIEWED BY SOME OF THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE DRUMS & PERCUSSIONS MAGAZINES OF THE WORLD BETWEEN WHICH:
read
review rating: 
(2004,
april issue) - &
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read
review (2007,
february issue)
- notes from essential rhythmic solfeggios and various manuscripts and concepts
- ....other
didactic is in project....(see too
Concepts, exercises, manuscripts, etc…
Indipendenza jazz vol.1
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“The art of drumming”
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“The art of the be-bop”
“Metodo per batteria vol 1 e 2” and manuscripts.
Exercises,
concepts, summaries and elaborations from drum methods of:
- Various more...
Methods for Solfeggio:
- Pietro Bona
- Pozzoli
- Massimo Aiello (concepts and manuscripts).
Last update: October 9th 2011
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Teaching
Program’s topics are under International Copyright because they are
integrant part of the Book-Method
“METODO COMPLETO PER BATTERIA” * ("COMPLETE DRUM METHOD")
Copyright & Printed 2006 by Massimo Aiello
* (Ex “Corso Sperimentale di Orientamento allo Studio della Batteria" (Experimental Course of Drums Study Orientation) - Copyright 1997 by Massimo Aiello
and ex "Corso Orientativo per Batteria" (Orientative Drum Course) - Copyright 2002 by Massimo Aiello)
and from
all this material is in
elaboration and will be eventually released (see
too
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